Luis Diaz is now officially a Bayern Munich player.
The Colombian has already been pictured in the Bavarian giants’ colours after agreeing a €75m [£64.8m] transfer to the Bundesliga champions this summer.
Liverpool now find themselves an attacker short amid ongoing links with Real Madrid winger Rodrygo and official interest in Newcastle’s Alexander Isak.
Neil Mellor reacts as Fabrizio Romano confirms Luis Diaz transfer
Diaz joins FC Bayern on a four-year deal (taking him to the summer of 2029), as reported on X (formerly Twitter) by transfer news expert Fabrizio Romano.
Luis Diaz joins Bayern on four year deal from Liverpool for €75m fee ❤️🤍🇨🇴
“I’m very happy, it means a lot to me to be part of FC Bayern – it’s 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐛𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝”.
“I want to help my new team with my style of football and my… pic.twitter.com/nJqxU7rcW9
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) July 30, 2025
The overriding feeling coming out and around the club is (quite rightly) overwhelmingly one of sheer gratitude for our former No.7’s contributions on the red half of Merseyside.
LFCTV’s Neil Mellor hopped on to X this morning to share a personal tribute to the ex-FC Porto star after completing his move to Germany.
Thank you Luis Diaz 👏
Diaz was exciting to watch, always worked hard and a big part of title winning team last season🏆
Loved his song 🎶
This for me tho is great business for Liverpool👍 https://t.co/ReabTljKOX— Neil Mellor (@NeilMellor33) July 30, 2025
There’s no question that Diaz will be a big miss at Liverpool; he brought dynamism and a never-say-die attitude to life at Anfield that perfectly fit in with the culture.
| Games | Goals | Assists |
| 148 | 41 | 16 |
* Luis Diaz career stats for Liverpool Football Club, via LFC History
A transfer in Liverpool’s best interests?
Ultimately, Liverpool have made a reasonable profit on a player set to turn 29 in less than six months.
However, it would be a little deluded, to say the least, to suggest this exit is one that doesn’t hurt the club.
Diaz’s exit might mean more minutes for Cody Gakpo and teenage sensation Rio Ngumoha, but the fact remains we relied on the Colombian to play a significant role in our title-winning campaign.
In the 2024/25 campaign, the winger racked up the seventh most minutes in the squad.
| Liverpool player | Minutes played |
| Mo Salah | 4,501 |
| Virgil van Dijk | 4,437 |
| Ryan Gravenberch | 4,207 |
| Alexis Mac Allister | 3,569 |
| Dominik Szoboszlai | 3,429 |
| Ibrahima Koante | 3,372 |
| Luis Diaz | 3,336 |
* Liverpool players ranked by minutes accrued in the 2024/25 season (across all competitions), via Transfermarkt
Don’t get us wrong – Gakpo remains a quality option to call upon, and we’re seriously excited by Ngumoha’s potential. But this is still a serious loss for Liverpool to take ahead of the new season.
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Bit of a downward step me thinks, probably thought his time on the pitch was going to be limited, trouble is we have lost a strong bench man, and still lumbered with JONES😣
Expected.
Towards the end of last season he started to drop off.
Good business.
Let’s move on.
I don’t see future LFC getting caught off guard by attempts to leave for free. The strategy is financially beneficial for us, and it is rare to win in every aspect. Yes, we do lose a massive talent on the wing, but we are not standing still either. Reinvestment is inevitable, while space is created for us to check our internal resources. Players come and go, and I’m glad Lucho didn’t cause any scene. This is not a bad parting, and he will always be welcome in the club. Loved his time for us and how he fought for the shirt. Fare thee well, winner.